Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr

Who won Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr?

George Kambosos beat Teofimo Lopez by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, November 27th, 2021, at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 115-112, 115-111, 114-113 in favor of winner George Kambosos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This contest was for the unified lightweight championship of the world, with the WBA, and IBF belts on the line.

Also on the undercard Azinga Fuzile was defeated by Kenichi Ogawa for the IBF World Junior Lightweight championship, Raymond Ford beat Felix Caraballo, and Zhilei Zhang defeated Craig Lewis.

Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr stats

Back in November 2021, Teofimo Lopez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

George Kambosos made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 0 draws, with 10 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Lopez had a large advantage in power over Kambosos Jnr, boasting a 75% knockout percentage compared to Kambosos Jnr's 53%.

Teofimo Lopez was the younger man by 4 years, at 24 years old.

Kambosos Jnr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lopez. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lopez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years and 5 months later than Kambosos Jnr, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 40 fewer professional rounds, totaling 137 compared to Kambosos Jnr's 177.

Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr form

Lopez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Vasyl Lomachenko on October 17, 2020, by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Lightweight, IBF World Lightweight and WBO World Lightweight championship fight at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Richard Commey on December 14, 2019, by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Masayoshi Nakatani on July 19, 2019, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Lightweight eliminator fight at MGM National Harbor, Maryland.

Before that, he had defeated Edis Tatli on April 20, 2019, by knockout in the 5th round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had won against Diego Magdaleno on February 2, 2019, by knockout in the 7th round at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas.

Kambosos Jnr had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Lee Selby on October 31, 2020, by split decision in their IBF World Lightweight eliminator fight at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had defeated Mickey Bey on December 14, 2019, by split decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Richard Pena on June 7, 2019, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Olympic Hall Galatsi, Athens, Greece.

Before that, he had won against Rey Perez on January 19, 2019, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

He had beaten JR Magboo on July 15, 2018, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Teofimo Lopez had been fighting more than George Kambosos.

Going into this contest, Teofimo Lopez had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 10 days ago, while George Kambosos' last outing had been 1 year and 27 days ago.

Lopez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 25 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

Kambosos Jnr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 38 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.6 rounds on average.

What time did Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr?

The DAZN show began at 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST. The DAZN Global broadcast of the card started at 1:00 AM (GTM).

What were the odds on Lopez vs Kambosos Jnr?

Teofimo Lopez was a 1/10 (-1000) favorite going into the contest, while George Kambosos made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.